Victory: An Island Tale

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Page 14 asked Heyst with a distinct note of respect . " Surely I am not an infidel . ” Morrison
was swiftly reproachful in his answer , and there came a pause , Morrison
perhaps interrogating his conscience , and Heyst preserving a mien of
unperturbed ...

Page 15 And even Heyst could hardly keep incredulity out of his politely modulated voice
as he asked if it was a fact that Morrison had not that amount in hand . Morrison
hadn ' t . He had only a little English gold , a few sovereigns , on board . He had ...

Page 26 somebody asked him once with shallow scorn . “ Drinks ! Oh , dear , no ! ” . The
innkeeper was not mercenary . Teutonic temperament seldom is . But he put on a
sinister expression to tell us that Heyst had not paid perhaps three visits ...

Page 28 But what ' s the object ? Are you thinking of keeping possession of the mine ? ' I asked him . “ ' Something of the sort , ' he says . ' I am keeping hold . ' “ ' But all
this is as dead as Julius Cæsar , ' I cried . ' In fact , you have nothing worth
holding ...

Page 30 He was asking everybody about everything , and arranging the information into
the most scandalous shape his imagination could invent . From time to time he
would step up , his blinking , cushioned eyes , his thick lips , his very chestnut
beard ...